It was a day off today and a relaxing time in the garden. Main highlight was watching two Swifts drifting south over the garden. There have been a few Commas about, over the past few days, so it was good to see my first one in the garden.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
2 Swift
Dunnock
Blackbird
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Linnet
Goldfinch
Swifts
Feral pigeon
Amphibians Recorded:
1 Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus
Butterflies Recorded:
3 Large White Pieris brassicae
2 Small White Pieris rapae
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
1 Comma Polygonia c-album
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis - possibly
bee sp
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
1 German Wasp Vespula germanica
This German Wasp Vespula germanica was very busy around the border flowers looking for its next meal.
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Possibly a Patchwork Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis
A bee sp.
1 German Wasp Vespula germanica
Hoverflies Recorded:
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Bulb Fly Eumerus sp.
Obsidentify seems pretty sure that this is a Common Tiger Fly Coenosia tigrina. Two days ago I had my first Coenosia sp., though not not down to an individual species. This is probably the same, a Coenosia sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora 22-punctata
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Top to bottom a Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus, Cinnamon Bug Corizus hyoscyami and a Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae
Caterpillars of the Large White Pieris brassicae on one of their favourite food plants Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus.
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Bulb Fly Eumerus sp.
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Common Tiger Fly Coenosia tigrina - possibly
A Bulb Fly Eumerus sp.
A Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp.
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora 22-punctata
Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Cinnamon Bug Corizus hyoscyami
Common Nettle Bug Liocoris tripustulatus
Common Nettle Bug Liocoris tripustulatus
This tiny ladybird is.................
..................... a 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora 22-punctata
Here's a short video of the 22-spot Ladybird
A Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina - 2nd instar nymph
Several times as I was watching this Cinnamon Bug it.............
................would attempt to fly, and then retracted its wings.
Here's a video of the Cinnamon Bug
Common Nettle Bug Liocoris tripustulatus
Leafhoppers Recorded:
Leafhopper Eupteryx sp.
A new species of Leafhopper for me. It is one of the Eupteryx sp.
Caterpillars Recorded:
Large White Pieris brassicae
